OUTREACH: RURAL ALASKA HONORS INSTITUTE--INBRE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 2007-8年度年报 项目概述：阿拉斯加乡村荣誉学院(RAHI)(www.uaf.edu/rahi)是应阿拉斯加原住民联合会(AFN)和其他组织的要求于1982年成立的，目的是为阿拉斯加原住民高中生在大学取得成功做好准备。今年夏天，为高三学生和新生提供住宿衔接计划，帮助来自阿拉斯加乡村的学生在高中和大学之间进行学业和社会过渡。Rahi的录取是竞争激烈的；全额奖学金涵盖了所有暑期项目的费用，包括旅费、食宿、用品和高达9个大学学分的学费。严谨的学术活动与社交、文化和娱乐活动相结合，为大学的早期准备。学生被视为优等生，在学业和社交方面被刻意超越他们的舒适水平，为从家里或村庄进入具有西方文化底蕴的城市校园做准备。Rahi学生被视为优等生，并被期望达到该项目设定的所有严格的学术和社会标准。 该项目非常注重鼓励学生保持自己独特的文化价值观，同时也适应大学生活的学术和社会环境。调查职业和生活方式的选择，鼓励榜样和积极的同龄人压力，磨练或发展学习技能、学习习惯和时间管理策略，与其他学生和教职员工建立联系，建立终身支持网络。拉希成为了一个家庭，学生之间以及学生和教职员工之间都有密切的、相互支持的关系。学生之间相互依赖，这是大学生存的关键。 INBRE选择加入这个著名的、成功的、受人尊敬的桥梁项目，而不是通过开发类似的项目来与其竞争。从2003年开始，每年夏天，INBRE都会为7名学生(均为阿拉斯加原住民新生)提供全暑期奖学金。2003年夏天，INBRE资助开发了一门新课程，CHEM 195，现代世界的生物化学和分子生物学，这是一个四学分的班级，有实验室。2003年开发这门课程的两名阿拉斯加土著女性UAF化学毕业生已经继续学习，其中一人在斯坦福大学攻读药理学博士学位，另一人全日制高中科学教学，但课程仍在继续。2004年，该班的12名学生分别由系一名博士后研究员和一名研究生授课。化学和生物化学专业。不断有新元素添加到类中。例如，2005年，几个实验室将在北极地区超级计算中心位于拉斯穆森图书馆(一种虚拟现实沉浸式环境Mechdyne MD Flex系统)的发现实验室举行。这个房间配备了立体图像，让学生几乎沉浸在生物化学中。从2007年夏天开始，该课程进行了修改，以更好地为学生成功完成理科专业的基础化学课程做好准备，这些课程包括一些“看门人”课程。 1983至2007年间，已有超过1140名学生参加了该项目。拉希学院大约65%的校友都参加了四年制的大学学业。42人获得证书，95人获得大专学位，225人获得学士学位，28人获得硕士学位，7人获得专业学位(5名法学博士，1名药学博士，1名医学博士)。大多数校友就读于UAF，而其他人则选择阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇大学或该州以外的学校。一些人在研究生院学习，包括医学院和法学院。 在完成Rahi生物化学课程的60名学生中，49名是阿拉斯加原住民，印第安人，8名白人，3名菲律宾人。目前的状态信息可供49名学生使用。在49名学生中，5名仍在读高中，31名目前在包括UAF、UAA、达特茅斯大学、蒙大拿大学和长青州立学院在内的学院或大学就读。其他13人被列为“在家”。其中一位是丽贝卡·丘奇，从2004年夏天开始，她获得了INBRE-ANSEP奖学金，在2006年夏天进行了与饮食相关的稳定同位素分析，并在2007年夏天担任Rahi II试点计划的助教。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. For the 2007-8 Annual report Project Summary: The Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI) (www.uaf.edu/rahi) was organized in 1982 at the request of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) and others, to prepare rural Alaska Native high school students to succeed in college. This summer residential bridging program for high school seniors and rising freshmen assists students from Rural Alaska to make the academic and social transition between high school and college. Admission to RAHI is competitive; full scholarships cover all summer program expenses including travel, room, board, supplies and tuition for up to 9 college credits. Rigorous academic activity combines with social, cultural and recreational activities for early preparation for college. Students are treated as honors students and are purposely stretched beyond their comfort levels academically and socially to prepare for the step from home or village to a culturally western urban campus. RAHI students are treated as honors students and are expected to meet all rigorous academic and social standards set by the program. The program takes great care to encourage students to maintain their own distinctive cultural values while also adapting to the academic and social environment of college life. Career and lifestyle choices are examined, role modeling and positive peer pressure are encouraged, academic skills, study habits and time management strategies are sharpened or developed, and bonding with other students and staff create life-long support networks. RAHI becomes a family with close, supportive relationships between students, and also between students and staff. Students rely upon each other, a key to survival in college. INBRE chose to add to this well-known, successful, respected bridging program, rather than to compete with it by developing a similar program. Every summer, beginning in 2003, INBRE has sponsored full summer scholarships for seven students (all Alaska Native rising freshmen). In summer 2003, INBRE sponsored development of a new course, CHEM 195, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Modern World, a four credit class with laboratory. The two Alaska Native women UAF graduates in chemistry who developed the course in 2003 have moved on, one to pursue a Ph.D. in pharmacology at Stanford and one to full time high school science teaching but the class has continued. In 2004, the 12 students in the class were taught by a post-doctoral fellow and a grad student from the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. New elements continue to be added to the class. For example, in 2005, several labs will be held in the Arctic Region Super computing Center's Discovery Lab in the Rasmuson Library (a Virtual Reality immersive environment Mechdyne MD Flex system). The room is equipped to display stereoscopic images to allow students to virtually immerse themselves in biochemistry. Beginning in summer 2007, the class was modified to better prepare the students to succeed in the basic chemistry courses that are required for science majorssome of the "gatekeeper" courses. Over 1140 students have attended the program between 1983 and 2007. Approximately 65% of RAHI's alumni have entered four-year college academic programs. Forty-two have earned certificates, 95 have their associate degree, and over 225 have earned a bachelor's degree, twenty-eight have earned master's degrees, and seven have graduated with professional degrees (5 J.D., one doctor of pharmacy, and one M.D.). Most alumni attend UAF, while others select the University of Alaska Anchorage or schools outside the state. Some are in graduate school including medical and law schools. Of the 60 students who have completed the RAHI biochemistry class, 49 are Alaska Native, Indian, 8 are white, and 3 are Philipino. Current status information is available for 49 students. Of the 49, 5 are still in high school, 31 are currently enrolled in college or universities including UAF, UAA, Dartmouth, University of Montana, and Evergreen State College. The other 13 are listed as being "at home." One, Rebecca Church, from summer 2004, has been awarded INBRE-ANSEP scholarships, conducted diet-related stable isotope analyses in summer 2006, and was the TA for the RAHI II pilot program in summer 2007.